Hockey Rambling

Congrats to those that have already wrapped up fantasy leagues and brought home some hardware. The only one of mine that I can still win this year runs the finals up to the final day of the regular season. Big nights from Jason Robertson and Vitek Vanecek have me in the driver’s seat thus far. [...]

One of the big stories heading into the playoffs in the West is the Minnesota Wild. Over their last 25 games, the team is 17-3-5 and have given up more than four goals just twice in that span (both times to non-playoff teams, funnily enough). That stretch includes 11 games without Kirill Kaprizov, and they [...]

Hi everyone! You get a double dose of me today as I am filling in for Dobber this week for the Ramblings.  Sunday was a semi-busy day in the NHL, so let's get right to it.  ************************************** With the Bruins' win on Sunday, Boston became just the fourth team in history to post 60 wins, [...]

If you are lucky enough to be playing in a fantasy hockey championship battle next week, you should keep in mind that Nashville is one of five teams to play four games. Two Predators players stood out in Saturday’s matinee game, a 6-1 win for Nashville over St. Louis. Both of these players might be [...]

On April Fool’s Day, I promise you facts and even a few opinions and hopefully no tricks. Devon Levi’s debut with the Sabres was a success. In his first NHL game, Levi stopped 31 of 33 shots in picking up a 3-2 overtime win over the Rangers. As I’ve mentioned earlier, the Sabres have a [...]

Thursday was opening day for major league baseball (nice win for the Blue Jays!), so I won’t blame you if you took your eye off the puck for a moment or all day. On the other hand, if you're like me, you haven't paid as much attention to the start of the fantasy baseball season [...]

The Minnesota Wild are on a tear right now, or at least heading into Wednesday night’s action. After going 1-4-1 right out of the All-Star break, the team is 15-1-4 in their last 20 games and are a threat to win the division. That is largely without Kirill Kaprizov, though he should be back for [...]

It’s a big week for fantasy hockey, and I’m right there with you in three semi-finals matches, and one consolation final match (with the prize being first-overall pick next year – Connor Bedard). It’s also that time in Roto leagues, where you need to make up the games played that you lost during the year [...]

One of the concerns for any team interested in acquiring Jakob Chychrun over the last couple of seasons was his health. This will make five straight 82-game seasons where he’s failed to reach 70 games played (though he did play the entire 56-game Bubble campaign). Those concerns came up again recently as he missed a [...]

It’s that time of year again. Pre-order the 17th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List here. I expect it to be finalized the middle of next week, around April 6 or 7. * Valeri Nichushkin continues to roll, in the absence of Gabriel Landeskog. He’s now up to 42 points in 43 games, and has 20 [...]